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No problem as I am glad to help. I play the way I do in part because I have some handicaps and I like not having to interact so much and can just chill and let everything just be AoE. Because they are so good I was planning to go P4S and 5S in Classic-TBC just like I did in original TBC but after the ToS change the idea of getting accused of Input Broadcasting made me think to stay with the "All AoE" setup with the "no more than 1 input per 8s" approach where possible... Later if we are less concerned with spammy play we can consider moving the Locks to Seed of Corruption AoE which is likely the highest AoE damage in TBC... I think the steady AoE DPS approach will be enough but be aware that there are some really crazy high AoE DPS options we can also try (if we go that route we may need the Shaman to drop a Tranquil Air totem for -20% Threat even with the Paladin already giving everyone -30% Threat)...

If you go PALLLS you actually can have 4 AoE taunts as the Shaman can temporarily replace an Earth totem with Stoneclaw totem and then put back whatever totem after the Stoneclaw is destroyed...

PALLLS actually has wipe protection times 5 because the Paladin can Divine Intervention the Shaman to prevent a wipe...

The main concern I have with PaLLLS is with losing true AoE heals and having to rely on a single Shaman's Chain Healing keeping 8 targets alive (counting possibly soul-linked Warlock pets)... Being that I play Alliance and quit after WotLK and only came back for Classic I haven't used Shaman since WoTLK... Maybe with haste and talents/gear the repeated hard casting of Chain Heal on the Paladin the extra healing bounces will give enough healing to the party via the secondary/tertiary heals... Just don't know... Not something I have had to worry about with true AoE healing from the Priest...

Please keep us updated and I will likewise. I think at least one other boxer is trying these approaches and/or party options for Classic-TBC so I will do my best to come back here and relay any feedback I get (if he doesn't post to the thread himself).